OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay

ay

(1) n./??. side; half; part(eng).

yew ayone section of a ceremonial house(eng)

yew-half(eng)

ay asa half, one half(eng)

(2) and; another(eng).

ay in ay inone after another(eng)

ay in yicop in, ay in yicop inanother expedition, and still another expedition(eng)

nor ay, or ay, ar ay, er eyI, and you, and he, and that one over there(eng)

pu ayin front/ahead of the others(eng)

moc ay ariw ay ariw yi.yar-mar araw un; e Yirar wasec ay, e Yep wasec ayin the middle between the Yirar and the Yep(eng)

ay wut araw un ay wut araw un; ay as kor ay as kor a-yik.asm-esthey tied the two big halves together(eng)